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Before the Los Angeles Lakers know it, it’ll be time for them to aggressively target various assets in the offseason free agency and trade market.
Of course, the offseason is still months away, but ESPN’s Kevin Pelton recently delivered great news to the Lakers regarding a potential Peyton Watson sign-and-trade.
"Restricted free agency is trickier for a team such as the Lakers that can't afford to wait out the matching period, but Denver Nuggets forward Peyton Watson -- an L.A.-area native who played at UCLA -- might be gettable via sign-and-trade because of Denver's tax situation,” Peloton stated Tuesday.
Watson would be a home run summer acquisition for Los Angeles due to his evolving two-way skill set.
The UCLA product has proven to be a lights-out perimeter shooter and dependable defender with the Nuggets during his breakout 2025-26 campaign.
Watson is averaging 14.9 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, and 1.0 steals per game with the Nuggets this season, shooting 49.6% from the field and 41.7% from downtown.
Unfortunately, the 6-foot-8 guard will miss at least four weeks due to a Grade 2 hamstring strain suffered against the New York Knicks last Wednesday.
The good news is, Watson will eventually return to the hardwood and continue to give the Lakers valid reasons to pursue him during the offseason.
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